ASIA AGAINST PAIN

Saturday, 11 September 2004
Time	Topic
2:00 pm	Welcome Address
2:05 pm	Opening Address
2:15 pm	Signing of Memorandum of Understanding
2:30 pm	Plenary 1: Asia Against Pain by Prof Kathleen Foley
3:30 pm	Tea Break
*Symposium I - Bringing Better Pain Management to Asia*
4:00 pm	Making Opioids Available by Dr Husni Tanra/ Dr Mayvelyn Gose
4:20 pm	Pain Medicine as a Specialty by Dr Yeo Sow Nam
4:40 pm	Building Pain Services by Dr Mary Cardosa/ Dr Waraporn Waikakul
5:00 pm	Round Table Discussion
5:30 pm	End of Day 1

Sunday, 12 September 2004
Time	Topic
8:30 am	Plenary 2: Interventional Pain Procedures : Evidence and Uncertainty by Dr Timothy Semple
9:30 am	Tea Break
*Symposium II : Invasive & Non-Invasive Pain Interventions*
10:00am	Interventional Therapies: the Singapore Experience by Dr Yeo Sow Nam
10:30am	Use of Drug Delivery Devices in Pain Management by Dr Timothy Semple
11:00am	Myotherapy: Trigger Point Therapy And Patient Education For Musculo-Skeletal Pain by Ms Jeannette Jackson-Yap
*Symposium III : Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign*
11:30am	Establishing Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign by Prof Kathleen Foley
12:00pm	Pain as the Fifth Vital Sign - The SGH Experience by Ms Kaldip Kaur
12:30 pm	Lunch & Poster Viewing
*Symposium IV : Pain in Chronic Medical Conditions*
1:30pm	Rheumatologic Disorders by Prof Fong Kok Yong
2:00pm	Functional Bowel Disorders by Dr Widjaya Luman
2:30pm	Diabetic Neuropathic Pain by Dr T Umapathi
3:00pm	End of Meeting